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31.12.09

December Thirty-First, round-up of the year

Location: Still the same
Mood: Calm and happy
Just did: Calmed down

Ahh, the silence now. Nothing but my 290-page Word document and my blog post.
Okay, my 296-page Word document. OTDOTS/Epic Thing is fast approaching 300 A4 pages with Verdana font size 10. And it just passed 115k words!

*confetti rains on this person*

Thank you very much.

Al-righty, it's currently 10.16 pm, about 1.75 hours to 2010! I'm going to summarise the year here, and hopefully I sum up everything. I'm going to refer to blog posts, of course...

1st Quarter:
Hello, 310! I am glad to be in the same class as AF, Clarisse and Yan Ping!
I fail at the fanfic challenge. Third, to be exact. Out of 8. I feel sad. Never mind...
Avatar (the TV series) finishes! AWESOMENESS!!
Bach's Fugues. Zzz.
The whole school forgets "Pass It On" verse two on Founder's Day. Nananananana.
Level 38 on Maple!! I meet Magatia, and absolutely ADORE it.
OTDOTS is 111 pages long.
YME begins. And I love it.
Creation of the 100 question meme series.
AMERICAN IDOL! Adam Lambert! Allison Iraheta!!

2nd Quarter:
Thumbdrive crash. Have to retype 5 pages of OTDOTS.
Practice duet with Yan Ping!! Petite Suite: Ballet <3
I express my wish to please Sobriquet Nightmare with my writing.
Kris Allen wins. Blearghh
Michael Jackson, RIP. We remember you. I certainly do, as does the world. You have amazing music, and we dearly miss you. Even a once-ignorant person like me. Phone rings during MEP practical. Ohh. So sorry, Yan Ping. Thanks Moira. Level 41 on Maple.
SUSAN BOYLE!

3rd Quarter:
OTDOTS is 140 pages long.
More love for LA PROCESION DEL ROCIO, THE BEST PIECE OF MUSIC IN THE WORLD!!!
I express belief that I am going to fail my piano exam.
UP!!!!! UP, the first movie to make me cry through half of it! I love Carl and Kevin (who is female)!
OTDOTS chapter 6 is done! 174 pages!
I get full marks for SS speech and 28/30 for my English essay :D:D:D:D

4th Quarter:

MORE love for LA PROCESION DEL ROCIO!!
Piano exam score: 140/150!!!
OTDOTS is 216 pages long.
I do well for my EYAs!!
OTDOTS is 241 pages long. I break the 100k word barrier too!
OTDOTS is 243 pages long.
OTDOTS is 253 pages long.
Adam Lambert! Mika! Lady Gaga! All their albums are LOVE.
AVATAR (the movie series) blows my mind. Beautiful. The most beautiful action-sci-fi movie I've watched before, EVER.
I find out that UP was the top grossing movie in Singapore this year!!!! And AVATAR was 3rd. Ain't that awesome now.
FIREFLIES IS NUMBER 5, BEST RESULT FOR DEBUT SINGLE THIS YEAR!! I am in love.

And so, here we are.

I really think this year was long, longer than most. So much happened, so much changed. I'll have to specially mention that I got to know my FanFiction friends a lot better, as the most significant change. Some of you, I actually identify with, and helped me through a lot. I'm referring to you, Ben and Wen Xuan! Hi :D if you ever read this!

And I met the Artemis Fowl series this year, of course. Now I have to wait for book 5 and 6. AND 7!!! I finished the Percy Jackson series, which blew me up. WHOOO!! And I FINALLY GOT WALL-E ON VCD! No DVD, but it cost RM40 less.

We got UP too. (HAHAHAHA! Got up after falling down?) And I'm too scared to watch, because I don't want to cry again.

Well, it was a great, great year. My writing improved beyond my projections (compare my two furthest fanfics: A Change I Never Wanted vs. Tears of a Murderess. Or try Iron Shadows/Paper Wings, which got more praise...) And I scored impossibly higher than last year overall in school!

Okay, so that's it for this year.

To post now, or to post in 2010? That is the...
ahh, screw that.
I think I'll do it a minute before. YEAH. Okay, maybe more than a minute. It's 11.38pm now. Close enough. The countdown is about to start.

So here's Tessa, signing off for the last time this year :P
KA-CHOW!

December Thirty-First part 5

Now for the last post! Top 3 to go!

Delia betted on Lady Gaga, I betted on Taylor Swift, and Moira betted on Black Eyed Peas. Let's see how it comes out!!!!

Okay, for suspense, all three on this post. Let's see who loses first.......

OK, here it is!!!! I LOSE D:

NUMBER THREE: YOU BELONG WITH ME by TAYLOR SWIFT!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, now...next song! Is it Poker Face or I Gotta Feeling??? Let's go...

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NUMBER TWO: POKER FACE by LADY GAGA!!!!!!!!!!!
But that means Moira won, and Black Eyed Peas is number 1!

"P-p-f*** her face..."

WHOOO!!! Awesome song!!

And...

NUMBER ONE: I GOTTA FEELING by BLACK EYED PEAS!!!!!!!!
I started loving this song a month ago, when I heard the verses!!! It's so much nicer than the intro suggests xD It's really so great :D

Well, so let's let the hyper-ness die down. Then we can be happy and sigh deeply and do a proper post about real life outside the RADIO. Signing off, again! CYA!

December Thirty-First part 4

Everything: Same as Previous!!!!!!!!!
Listening to: FIREFLIES BY OWL CITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, it's...ending. BUT IT'S AMAZING!!!!!! Ahh... Adam Young you GENIUS!!!!

Single Ladies by Beyonce!!!! I heard it for the first time yesterday, and loved it instantly! Great that it's 4!!!!

It makes me so happy :D
Location, Mood: Same as previous
Just did: Previous post!
Listening to: Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus D:<

It's the top 5 now! After that grating oily Miley Cyrus THING.

OK, next one coming...coming...coming...coming...coming...coming...
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coming...coming...coming...coming...coming...coming...coming...coming...
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ADSCNHAL:NA FIREFLIES1!!!!!!!!!!!

Busy singing...sorry. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

December Thirty-First part 2

Location: Same as previous
Mood: Same as previous
Just did: Changed my Facebook status
Listening to: Right Round

WHAT NO, NUMBER 6 PARTY IN THE USA D:
I hate Miley Cyrus. But it'd admittedly be nice, by any other artiste.
My hate for her is just plain inexplicable. It's something to do with her Party in the USA video. EW.

Ok, one song per post! Signing off again!

December Thirty-First part 1

Location: My laptop, in front of the desktop computer
Mood: Hyper!!!
Just did: Updated my top 100 list
Listening to: Just Dance by Lady Gaga

I can't even type properly!!!!!

JUST DANCE FTW!! Number 9!!!! Okay, I can't wait for the next 8! I've never felt so nervous before! I'M LOVING THE TOP 100 COUNTDOWN

NUMBER EIGHT!!!!!!! OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG LOVE STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, survived from 2008!! This is WONDERFUL.

Okay, during the break. I'm hoping Fireflies is here somewhere! If it isn't... T.T

Let's see. HILARIOUS PARODY!!!! xD

OH RIGHT ROUND!!!!!!!!! AWESOMEEEEE!!!!

Ok, posting this first. The rest comes later ok! Signing off!

20.12.09

The Year-End Lists

Location: My laptop, in front of the desktop computer
Mood: Sleepy
Just did: Did my end-of-year post

Because I so felt like it.

-TESSA'S OFFICIAL LISTS OF 2009-

Favourite Boy's Names 2009

1 Jasper
2 Ket
3 Joaquin
4 Jet
5 Julian
6 Kendral
7 Turin
8 Garnet
9 Etienne
10 Luc

Favourite Girl's Names 2009

1 Jade
2 Soroya
3 Kendra
4 Athena
5 Valencia
6 Keturah
7 Lira
8Rochalie
9 Franchesca
10 Keira

Favourite Music 2009

1 La Procesion del Rocio by Joaquin Turina
2 Weeeek by NEWS
3 Danzas Fantasticas III - Orgia by Joaquin Turina
4 Shanghai Field by Wizet (a.k.a. Unknown Tradition)
5 Dispute by Wizet
6 Viva la Vida by Coldplay
7 On the Wing by Owl City
8 We Are Golden by MIKA
9 Expressive Hill by Harmonics FRELIA and Akiko Shikata
10 Fireflies by Owl City

Special mentions, roughly in order of merit:
Wherever You Are
by Wizet, Our Song by Taylor Swift, Hot Desert by Wizet, Sunset Desert by Wizet, Raspberry Heaven by Oranges and Lemons, Genesis of Aquarion by Bless4.

Favourite Books 2009

1 Time Ghost by Welwyn Wilton Katz
2 Artemis Fowl and The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer
3 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
4 Deltora Quest: Sister of the South by Emily Rodda
5 The Riddles of Epsilon by Christine Morton-Shaw

I only had time for 5. See ya :D